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CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama announced Monday that former campaign rival Hillary Rodham Clinton will be his choice for secretary of state. Obama picked Robert Gates to remain as defense secretary, making President Bush’s Pentagon chief his

"The time has come for a new beginning, a new dawn of American leadership to overcome the challenges of the 21st century," Obama said as his Cabinet picks stood behind him on a flag-draped stage. "We will strengthen our capacity to defeat our enemies

President-elect Barack Obama presented his national security team at a news conference in Chicago on Monday. (Photo: Jim Watson/Agence France-Presse-Getty Images) ‘Buck Will Stop With Me’ | 11:20 a.m. Q: How can you ensure that the staff will be

The Times tells us that Susan Rice will be the next Ambassador to the UN and highlights her opposition to some genocides: CHICAGO  — President-elect Barack Obama has chosen his foreign policy adviser, Susan E. Rice, to be ambassador to the United

At a news conference, Obama also introduced retired Marine Gen. James Jones as White House national security adviser, former Justice Department official Eric Holder as attorney general and Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as secretary of homeland security.

...Governor Bobby Jindal is heading to Philadelphia Monday to meet with President-Elect Barack Obama and several other governors to discuss national economic issues. Obama asked the National Governors’ Association to help coordinate the meeting Tuesday so that...

...both domestically and around the world, said Mohamed El-Erian, co-CEO of bond titan Pimco. The announcement of President-elect Barack Obama's economic team, along with more aggressive government intervention in the mortgage markets, helped give stocks their...

... Washington - US President-elect Barack Obama on Monday named Eric Holder and Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano to lead domestic security efforts in the United States. Holder will be the United States' first African-American attorney general. One of...

...Pres. Bill Clinton, in a released statement, reacts to Hillary Clinton's nomination as secretary of state: As an American, I am thankful that President-elect Barack Obama has asked Hillary to be Secretary of State and that she has accepted. As her husband,...

...CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Last weekend, 18 days after Barack Obama decisively defeated their candidate for president, a mostly Republican crowd of self-described conservatives received their first introduction to someone many prominent members of the GOP think...

" more organised than any that we’ve seen "

" We don’t really have to wait until after the inauguration on January 20 for the new administration to begin "

" That looks more likely than not "

...George W. Bush lured Barack Obama into validating his presidential legacy? By playing ball with the incoming president, the outgoing president has created an opportunity to argue that he has been a player in any short term success for saving the economy. If...

PARIS - With Europe counting the days to when it can turn the page on the Bush presidency, Barack Obama has some effective early options for repairing a relationship that has been badly torn over the last eight years. Obama's foreign policy team could

...Bush’s defence secretary, who to the dismay of the Democratic antiwar lobby will remain at his post. Another non-Democrat, General James Jones, is expected to become national security adviser. Despite Obama’s repeated insistence that “we only have one president...

...sided yesterday with congressional leaders. "We cannot just write a blank cheque to the auto industry," he said.Obama White HouseBarack ObamaUnited StatesMarket turmoilUS economyCredit crunchguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this...

...The Democratic officials said Orszag's appointment was scheduled for Tuesday in Chicago, where Obama was holding his second news conference in as many days. Obama announced four members of his economic team on Monday, including Timothy Geithner, currently...

...Citi shares jumped a whopping 60% during Monday's session. The government was at the heart of other news. President-elect Barack Obama announced his economic team on Monday, including his nominee for the important position of Treasury Secretary: current head...

...Obama sought to put his imprint on efforts to stem the turmoil as he introduced his economic team on Monday, nominating Timothy F. Geithner as Treasury secretary and Lawrence H. Summers to head the White House Economic Council...The president-elect also announced...

...financial system require extraordinary policy responses." The New York Times also reports that his team consists of Timothy F. Geithner as the Treasury Secretary, Lawrence H. Summers to head the White House Economic Council, Christina D. Romer as head of the...

...Finance Committee. But don't expect a Senate confirmation vote before Jan. 20, even though Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and others have suggested considering the key economic nominees earlier. "I think we're going to stick to the schedule,"...

...CHICAGO: President-elect Barack Obama vowed on Monday to take rapid action on enacting a stimulus plan designed to create 2.5 million jobs and end the economy's current "vicious cycle" of crisis. At a news conference unveiling his economic team, Obama pledged...

...his team, Obama said the US was facing a historic economic crisis and if we do not act swiftly and act boldly, most experts now believe we could lose millions of jobs next year. We do not have a minute to waste, he said.  His economic team offered sound judgment...

...CHICAGO: President-elect Barack Obama Monday vowed his administration would reach out to foreign economic powers to fix a financial crisis that he said was spreading far and wide. At a news conference, Obama unveiled the well-traveled Timothy Geithner as...

...informed on international issues. According to credible reports, he is still loved by many foreign audiences. Politico’s Ben Smith observes that “imagining how the former president could cause Obama problems has become a popular Beltway pastime. He could criticize...

...Obama, who attended the rally and introduced her husband, planned to return to Colorado for a rally in the Denver suburb of Littleton on Monday afternoon. She told the crowd that the Colorado race is not yet won, though early voting numbers indicate registered...

...congressional forces that aren't sympathetic to Canadian interests." Clark, who was the long-serving foreign minister in Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative government, saw first-hand the benefits of a prime minister getting along well with a U.S. president...

...reporter Wayne Slater by not revealing the DWI conviction when Slater asked if Bush had ever been arrested, Bush adviser Karen Hughes, who had been present at the interview, maintained that she had "stopped the conversation" before the issue could arise. Third,...

...that has helped propel the show from cult favourite towards the cultural mainstream over the course of its second season. John Hamm, who plays Sterling Cooper's haunted creative genius Don Draper, hosted primetime sketch show Saturday Night Live last week,...

Counting down to Election Day, Barack Obama appears within reach of becoming the nation's first black president as the epic campaign draws to a close against a backdrop of economic crisis and lingering war. John McCain, the battle-scarred warrior,

...village, estimates that only the Anglican and Catholic churches are larger than Pesa's church in Kenya's Nyanza Province, where Kisumu and Kogelo are located. Obama himself detailed his Kenyan ancestry in his memoir Dreams From My Father, which is about...

...to the man himself. "I think it's unnecessary," Obama told Sway, in response to a question sent in by Gangstagigz from San Leandro, California. "I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing...

...RALEIGH, N.C. Comedian and movie star Chris Rock drew about 250 people to a get-out-the-vote rally for Sen. Barack Obama Saturday, packing jokes at Sen. John McCain's expense into a brief appearance at Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C.

Rock, casual in...

...Saturday and urged people to vote in the presidential election. Decked in "Change" shirts and pins, actors Rhea Pearlman and Danny DeVito sat down for a bite and also to get people to vote "(We want) to make sure people know how happy we are about them getting...

...the country would be an administrative violation, not a criminal matter, according to the reports.     Democratic U.S. Rep. John Conyers of Michigan asked Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to investigate whether someone leaked the information to...